Practice by city · November 2026
Litigation & Disputes in Jacksonville: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Litigation & Disputes in Jacksonville over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 21
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +25.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 33.3%
- Partner share of moves
- 63
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 21 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Jacksonville from November 2025 to October 2026, 0.4% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 20 to 25 (+25.0%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Litigation & Disputes | Jacksonville | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 33.3% | 27.4% | 34.6% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 17.5% | 13.4% | 16.1% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 52.4% | 57.7% | 50.0% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 28.6% | 13.4% | 26.9% | 12.9% |
| Changed city (three years) | 27.1% | 20.3% | 29.9% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 38.1% | 43.3% | 38.5% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+25.0%) | rose (+7.5%) | flat (+11.5%) | rose (+9.0%) |
12 months to October 2026 unless the row says three years; a row switches to three years for every column when this page's 12-month value is not published. A dash is a value we do not publish. Flat means a change under 5% or inside the noise of the two counts.
Set against the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole, the share who moved up a level stands out most: 28.6% here against 13.4%, above it. Against all moves in Jacksonville, the widest gap is the share who changed city over three years, which is lower here: 27.1% against 29.9%. Year on year it held flat while the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 63 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Jacksonville. They joined 26 different firms. 19.0% stepped up a level on the move and 27.1% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 25.0% came from firms with 400-999 lawyers.
- Partner33.3%
- Associate52.4%
Partners make up 33.3% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. A step up in title came with 28.6% of moves (market 12.9%).
- 1,000+ lawyers38.1%
- 150-399 lawyers33.3%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 26 firms hired at least one lateral in Litigation & Disputes in Jacksonville in the window. Ten firms account for 65.1% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 400-999 lawyers25.0%
- 150-399 lawyers34.4%
- under 150 lawyers28.1%
The practice accounts for 80.8% of all lateral moves in Jacksonville. Over the three years to October 2026, 55.6% of movers came from another firm in Jacksonville itself.
For a firm planning a hire in Litigation & Disputes in Jacksonville, a flat market means candidates are not being pulled by a wave: the case for a move has to come from the platform.
Firms by rank and band
Each firm appears as a rank and a band, never an exact count, and only with at least 10 moves in the window.
| Rank | Firm | Moves (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 6-10 |
| 2 | Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman | 3-5 |
| 3 | Tyson & Mendes | 3-5 |
| 4 | Adams and Reese | 3-5 |
| 5 | Shutts & Bowen | 3-5 |
| 6 | Wicker Smith | 3-5 |
| 7 | Akerman | 3-5 |
| 8 | Kubicki Draper | 3-5 |
| 9 | GrayRobinson | 3-5 |
| 10 | Jackson Lewis | 3-5 |
Specialities in Litigation & Disputes in Jacksonville
Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Litigation was involved in 41.3% of moves in Litigation & Disputes in Jacksonville.
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Edition November 2026. Window: November 2025 to October 2026. Source: Sartori & Partners, from public law-firm announcements, firm websites and professional profiles, checked monthly. Methodology. Spot an error? [email protected].
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